Community Profile

Pledge Status

Complete

Pledge Date

Tuesday, March 18, 2025

Program Year

2025

Achievement

2025

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Milwaukie

Milwaukie, OR

Lisa Batey

Mayor

Pledge Summary

Milwaukie is a suburb of Portland with a population of approximately 22,000 residents. Milwaukie Bay, in the Willamette River, is the point at which both Johnson Creek and Kellogg Creek empty into the Willamette River. Milwaukie residents have a deep tie to the natural areas in our community, and the City Council recently selected Enhancing Parks and Greenspaces as one of our Council Goals for 2025-2027. The City has joined with local advocates, including the Rotary Club, the Historic Milwaukie Neighborhood Association, and the Milwaukie Parks Foundation, in attaining Bee City, U.S.A. status and launching the Milwaukie Pollinator Pathway. Mayor Lisa Batey is excited to add this Monarch Pledge to the work the community is doing to support pollinators.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2025

Communications and Convening ▸

Engage with gardening leaders and partners (e.g., Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, Nature Centers, Native Plant Society Chapters , other long-standing and influential community leaders) to support monarch butterfly conservation.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Earn or maintain recognition for being a wildlife-friendly city by participating in other wildlife and habitat conservation efforts (i.e., National Wildlife Federation’s Community Wildlife Habitat program).
Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.

Systems Change ▸

Reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides, pesticides, or other chemicals that are harmful to monarchs and pollinators and urban wildlife.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
Mayor Lisa Batey	2025	3/18/2025	Signatories	View Pledge